The Worst Thing I Ever Heard In a Job Interview

by Megan Elliott on November 13, 2017

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“When do I start?”

“The worst thing I ever heard in a job interview was ‘OK, so when do I start?’” Pierre Tremblay, the director of human resources at Dupray, a company that sells steam cleaners and steam irons, told The Cheat Sheet. The candidate lobbed the presumptive question at Tremblay just five minutes into an hour-long interview for a product manager position in the company’s e-commerce department.
“You should never presume you will automatically get the job,” Tremblay said. “We probably have four to five other candidates lined up. A candidate’s cockiness detracts from their overall appeal.”